If your school is NUT-FREE, it means that you cannot bring any food items that contain peanuts or tree nuts (including: almonds, Brazil nuts, cashews, chestnuts, filberts/hazel nuts, macadamias, pecans, pine nuts/pignolias, pistachios, and walnuts). Please be sure to read your product labels very carefully as this also includes food products that have been processed in a facility that processes nuts. Please also be aware that ingredients can change from time to time in a product, so be safe and read it before bringing it. Some of the items to look for are:
| baked goods candy cereals chocolate | crackers cookies energy bars granola bars trail mixes | desserts marinades sauces sweets |
Food Alternatives
An excellent alternative to the easy and healthy peanut butter is Sun Butter. Click "Sun Butter"* to learn more or to buy online. In Colorado, I've found it at King Soopers, Vitamin Cottage/Natural Grocers, Sprouts, and Whole Foods. In addition, if there are Milk or Soy allergies, there are some great rice milks and cheese out there. Our favorite for cheese sandwiches, or even to melt for mac n' cheese is Galaxy Nutritional Foods' Rice American Flavor cheese.
*If your child isn't fond of the flavor of Sun Butter, you can pep it up by mixing in some Agave (or honey) and celtic sea salt. Mix to your child's liking! We do this straight in the jar!
www.sunbutter.com
Nut-Free Sunflower Seed Butter
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